Google announced in a blog post that it will add a note to photos edited with its tools such as Zoom Enhance, Magic Eraser, and Magic Editor. “As we bring these tools to more people, we recognize the importance of doing so responsibly, guided by our AI principles,” Google’s blog post said.
A photo’s metadata already contains information that lets it be known whether someone used Google’s AI tools to edit it. A more visible and easier-to-find “Created with Google AI” note will now appear next to the photo’s file name, backup status and camera information.
However, since there will be no watermark or anything else on the photo, the person who shares the photo on social media, via text message or face to face will not know that the person who created the photo used AI. Even within Google Photos, finding this tag takes some effort. Something most people don’t usually do. Of course, if you want to get around this for malicious purposes, it’s simple to extract the metadata.
However, it is possible for social media platforms to use this metadata to provide their own hashtags. Facebook and Instagram already do this to some extent, and so does Google Search.
